Way to Go—Do It

By Angela Cawley O'Connor

Marcy Murphy was on a career break from her employment and was out socializing with her friends when she suddenly informed them she was going to write a book.

A general election to elect a new government was announced, and Marcys political cronies recruited her to help with their canvass campaign.

Following the general election, a by-election arose in Marcys constituency, and she was headhunted to contest it. She won the seat.

While she was enjoying the euphoria of her election victory, her book publishers contacted her, requesting that she organize a book launch to promote the sales of her book.

Marcys boyfriend, Hamish, lives in Scotland, and they have been meeting in Dublin and Ayr on alternate weekends. In the light of all these recent happenings, pressure on Marcys time is tremendous, and she does not now know just how things may pan out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Jun 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524682125

Angela Cawley O'Connor

Angela Cawley O’Connor is a native of Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland, and carried along by the wheel of live, she’s back living there now where her life began. Her main interests are: Reading; Drama; Current Affairs; Art; ICA (Irish Country Women’s Association) and Creative Writing. She is a member of the Mullingar Scribblers Creative Writing weekly classes. She is a published writer with ICA in the Short Story category. She is enjoying retirement from employment where - she worked with a Local Authority, various Private Companies and two different Semi State Bodies.

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CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

CHAPTER ONE

The Noisy Corner is the label we were given where we drank, nothing to be proud of but it could have been worse, for example we could have been called The Drunken Group in the Corner because, by the time closing time came around, that’s what we were.

We met on a weekly basis to have a few drinks, then invariably we’d commence trying to fix the world, holding court at length - talking nonsense of course, but we thought we were full of wisdom and the more we drank the more we thought we were philosophers. No wonder drinkers are often referred to as bar stool philosophers.

Most of us had been at school together and joined the work force around the same time. It was nice to be able to meet for a bite to eat and maybe have a few drinks, during which time we would complain about our various employments and vent about the powers that be, as well as the world in general.

There was a frequently used phrase amongst us - ‘sure you could write a book about it’. One would be hard put to say what exactly ‘it’ was, because matters became less clear as the more we drank our confusion increased and our words got more and more slurred.

Also, the more we drank the more positive and self confident we became. We even called ourselves ‘The Real Literati’ as we criticized journalists and writers alike. The brass necks of us and not a single sentence ever published between the whole lot of us.

During our sober talks we discussed in depth the obstacles to becoming published writers. We had analyzed them to death, but failed to solve the problem of how to make the break through to being published. It is common knowledge that a huge number of submissions end up in the Publishers’ slush pile, never again to see the light of day.

Another saying we often repeated was ‘sure the world is not half settled’. Maybe our need to settle it was what kept our sessions going. Well that’s my excuse anyway.

One night when we were very full, the saying came up again – ‘Sure you could write a book about it’. ‘That’s it’ I said ‘I will write a book, I’m definitely going to do it. Enough of this talk of sure you could write a book about it, I can and I will, so watch this space’.

Mairead’s response to my statement was ‘Oh no, you should stick to the day job’. Fluthered and all as I was, I thought that remark was a bit harsh, bearing in mind that I was currently on a career break.

Maybe that put-down was the challenge I needed to actually rise up and write.

At our next session, Sheila enquired how the book was coming along. I was delighted to be able to tell them that I was flying at it. I explained that there was a marked improvement in the quality and quantity of my writing especially since, metaphorically speaking, I had killed the Editor and the Publisher.

Mairead who has a voice like a fog horn, apologies for my unkindness, stood up saying ‘two murders in